Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages
And hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens 1. 9 trillion relief package. Jillian Griff Jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. Reporter more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. Theyve been at this since 2 30 p. M. Yesterday. It is a timehonored tradition where the Minority Party forces the Majority Party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. Any senator can offer an amendment to the Budget Measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. Unclear when the ends. We are told maybe in an hour or so. We will keep you posted. Some amendments pass, others fail. When it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block Illegal Immigrants from getting stimulus checks. It was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on Small Businesses to t
Almost with coronavirus cases surging to new highs on a daily basis now poll suggests that even traditional republican strongholds could be heading for a change of heart. As welcome to the Program European Union Leaders are meeting in brussels to try to bridge their differences over a 750000000000 Euro Recovery Fund which aims to help the bloc rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic germanys chancellor Angela Merkel chairs the talks as germany currently holds the e. U. Cancels rotating presidency and shes admitted that finding a compromise wont be easy the key Sticking Point is whether the money should be given to countries as grants or as loans the main proponents of lending the money other for so called for. Will fall thats sweden finland and the netherlands. Joining me now from our studio in brussels is about is the copresident of the european greens how optimistic are you that leaders will be able to reach an agreement on that we cover a fund at this summit to be done terry honest i
This is the day. By the way you know. I have an ax roder temper dark and for probably one thing were trying were not put in a mansion he said oh itll just go away no one really realized it was psychologically disturbed now you know just inventing stuff like that i dont think the general public living in phoenix arizona terrifying are not the bad part of this to recognize just how dangerous this is. Also on the day hes been in power for 20 years but nearly half of that time syrian president Bashar Al Assad has presided over a civil war that has long had global repercussions is there any chance the syrian election this weekend could solve the problem many. Peoples demands are the same as theyve always being but im not sure if theyre being heard in parliament or if parliamentarians are doing their job and not enough people have simple life demands how to get their food and their daily needs met their demands havent changed a bit yet. The less than. 4 months to go until the u. S. Election